Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Alone; singly.
- adverb Entirely; exclusively.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Singly; alone; only; without another: as, to rest a cause solely on one argument.
- Completely; wholly; altogether.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Singly; alone; only; without another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Alone ;exclusively .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without any others being included or involved
Etymologies
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Examples
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She used the term solely as a means of paying respect.
WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL GILBERT MORRIS 2010
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The Guinness Book of Records based the title solely on results from Google, so there is bound to be a debate as to how real it is, but hey, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
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Twenty informants (56%) knew the term solely as one for a bird.
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SJA Yes it is possible – and within the tax rules – for your wife to own the buy-to-let property in her name solely, but give you half at a later date so you can benefit from two lots of capital gains tax allowances, which would be £10,600 a person in the 2011-12 tax year.
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SJA Yes it is possible – and within the tax rules – for your wife to own the buy-to-let property in her name solely, but give you half at a later date so you can benefit from two lots of capital gains tax allowances, which would be £10,600 a person in the 2011-12 tax year.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), no works other than sound recordings shall be eligible for protection under this title solely by virtue of the adherence of the
Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 United States
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It makes me wonder if Nintendo quickly revived this title solely to appease a grumpy E3
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Judging solely from the fact that he very rarely opens his blogs to comments, I kind of suspect he does not place the same value on debate and discourse.
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I'm surprised the backlash overdrive hasn't kicked in solely on the possibility that it's a Scientology-is-bad flick.
Universal Passes on PT Anderson’s Scientology Picture; Jeremy Renner Still Circling Role | /Film 2010
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It is amazing when one realizes a character as diverse as Phoenix was developed solely from a passing glance.
Archive 2009-01-01 ____Maggie 2009
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